The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.

clVe Uu9lQeEa houses IN MltclellYllle,
Iowa, were destroyed by fire Saturday
morning. 9's
The Earl OF Aberdeen, in speech a.
Kansas City Saturday, advocated home
rule for Ireland. E;
Miss Jennie Sullivan, the Fonds, N. y,
young lady suffering from hiccoughs, is re.
duced almost to 3 skeleton. E5i ID
An alarming increase in diphtheria is
reported in New York, there having been
52l cases and PIG deatha inJune. ;E;1s n
Owing to tho closing OF the saloons in
Atchlson, Kan, the police force has b sen
reduced to the Marshal and one officer. ,t;
Harper and Hopkins, OF the deiunct
Fidelity bauk, Cincinnati, were commit.
ted to jailin default Of bail for trial Mt the
October term OF court. slts.,. L..
In appears from investigation that the
negroeB in Lykens county, S. c., did not
meditate sn.ou:breax, though the whites
were badly scared. g.555 5.#! ~
Michael Davitt has started to stump
Scotland on the Iriah question. He viii
atterward go on dumping tour through
London and the north Of England. 3T
William Biahop and George Johnson,
driving milk wagon acrcso tho railroad
track at South Farmington, Mass, we're
struck by train and fatally injured.
Halaey Gaines, a s15.year old boy,
climbed upon a,lsopard's cage!at Barnum'a
ahow in Springfield, Masa., and had his
ecalp torn of and his arm lacerated BY
the leopard. All
General Lucius 5Faiychild, Commander
in Chief Of the G. a. R, stated at Toledo
that he was out OF politics, and that he
would not be candidate for President,
Yics-President or any other ctlice.
The stick Of a huge rocket, being se. OF
at tho celebration OF the Canadian FEEDER.
alton in Kingston, Ont, broke and the
rocket shot downward on Joseph M.
Thompson, printer, tearing his head of.
Several others we're injured.
Rev. Howard Miller, pastor Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Camden, ILL.,,
has lost his mind and wandered away from
home. Ho preached to his people last
Sunday as usual. The cause Of his afilic-
ton Is not known. -, ti. ,':iz',s,5 -, u y
4. A 'myaterious diaeaae has broken out
among horses in Clinton county, ILL.,, and
all efforts at successful treatment have
been & failure. The disease has epIead
sufficiently to alarm horsemen n!l over the
State. The Board Of Live Stock Commis.
siocers meet Thursday.
Il CLARK Bros., ior many years prominent
cattle feeders Of Dexter, Ia, have turned
all their property over to their creditors.
Their liabilities will probably exceed
SlO0, 900. The depreciation in The price
Of Gattle for the Last few years is tho msiu
csuae Of the misfortune. 5
During the fro. half OF tho present sum.
mer season nearly 1000, 900 hogs were re,
celyedE in. Chicago. Of which 4500l0 were
reshippsd alive. The packing for the four
months under review was ], Ole, 1902 hogs,
The figures, compared with CORRESPOND.
ipe period year last exhibit 478 ,96s decre Ease
In tho receipts, 2lS, ,40l dec1eass in ship.
men:s, and e72. .sas decrease in packing. b
Over 100 English, Scotch and French
memhera Of the House Of Commons have
signed memorial to the President eand
Congress OF tho United States in favor OF
referring all Anglo American disputes to
arbitration for ssttlenent. It Is p,obable
that deputation Of members oi the Houga
o! Commons will bs sent 10 Washington
to present the memorial to pren:dont
Cleyeland, i,s55
Republicans and Democratic OF Utah
denounce the recent constitutional con.
yention u church movement, conducted
solely hy membe.a Of the Mormon church
to obtain statehood. The earnest private
solicitation OF many OF them failed to in.
ducs single non-Mormon' to become a
delegate. AL non. .Mormons in Utah on,
pose .the movement 40 insipeeYe and
fTnueht with serious consequences il sue
oeHsiul. - + "a t,t}}g. q.
Fifteen Thousand people attended the
State Prohibition barbecue at Fort Worth,
Tex. Delegates from one-third Of the
countieHs In the State were present. A
resolution was adopted declaring: eve
view with alarm tho attempt Of foreign
brewers and diatillera to corrupt a tae
Texas elecsion.p E.: Senator Maxey
Congreaamen Lanham and Culberaon
Lieutenant Governor Martin, ex.C Congress.
man Herndon and fifteen State Senators
and Representatives, hare oga,ea tha;,
Eeryices until August i. The Prohibition,
lists are enthusiastic, and are claiming thai
they will carry the State. 81 80 81 ;
]. J, LIFE Senator Flint. Canadian Parlis
ment, says: St. Jacobs OIL acts like {